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Posted by jack freeman
- October 13, 2014, 01:39:17 AMHello,
I belive those after market pipes could be hard chrome . take mirror ,check at front header pipe between bolt flange and heat shield it will be there little hard to locate it will be there.
now for baffles big city thunder will
have them make sure to check if you have hot tips . these baffles will change to a nice rumble . won't set off alarms . These folks make baffles
just about any size after market pipes out there . not hard to install takes a little time but well worth it I have them on my 02 . installed 2009
Ride Safe
Jack
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 09, 2014, 22:53:53 PMPork33 if you put stock exhaust on...lol......you would hear your passing of gas because I had mine on for a weekend, and I heard another one at a Ride For Dad, it was running about five ft. away and it was so quiet.....unreal. I am running a "stock" Roadhouse system and am really happy with it, loud enough deep rumble, but not a pain in the butt loud.
Posted by Pork33
- October 09, 2014, 22:11:13 PMYea I still have the no-name after market pipes if I wanna go loud again ,and your right about the sound I would like mine about a 3rd louder than stock and deeper if that makes sense ,but not the ear splitting sound of the other pipes .I did enjoy the search for pipes and parts and got to talk with a great drifter rider in Florida that was selling his drifter 800 for a 1500 and he was 76 yrs old .Now I have a Vulcan classic drifter a rare model. Only 1 made in a Philadelphia driveway .Funny thing now is you can hear all the lil bike sounds like the headlite rattle or the plastic side cover rattle and the wind . Will still look for a stock drifter exhaust ,but I think white walls are my next move and for some reason I like the skull hand mirrors that are out ,but I dont want to ruin the look of the bike.
Posted by kw-retrorider
- October 06, 2014, 04:26:08 AMPork33: Thanks for the best answer vote, but the whole thing is a catch 22. Everyone wants a little more sound; most who have gutted the stock pipe aren't happy; those that switch to an aftermarket exhaust, usually don't sell the stock exhaust so they can keep their bike complete...etc. So it makes it tough on guys looking for the stock part.
My best luck has been figuring out which guys on e-bay regularly part out Drifters and keep watching their sights, but I'll agree the 800 stock pipe is harder to find.
On the sound...the smartpartz device only lowers the dbs a specified amount. You still need the right baffle in the pipes for the right sound. That's probably the hard thing to find, and yes, strictly looking at $$$, you can get it right, but it costs. I spent some money getting a roadhouse to sound right...it took time and more than I originally thought I'd spend, but it's there now.
Again, good economical solution....and if it gets too quiet for you again, you can look at Classic after market pipes. All the best.
Posted by Pork33
- October 03, 2014, 16:52:50 PMI did look into baffles for mine ,but my brother did that with his bike then got a set of stock pipes for his 1100 honda .It did knock the noise down some what ,but it was still louder than he wanted ....So to save some time and money I just went for stock
Posted by mittico68
- October 02, 2014, 07:46:20 AMQuote from: Pork33 on October 01, 2014, 21:33:16 PMI'm in Philadelphia ,I think shipping to Italy would be expensive
I'm not worried about it.
Just let me know what's your price. If you prefer, you can email me at: mittico68@gmail.com
Thanx
Posted by kw-retrorider
- October 02, 2014, 03:35:25 AMPork33: I know I'm a little late to the party, but did you consider baffles that are available to quiet the HardKrome pipes? I'm sure they are around. There is always the smartpartz universal baffle as well.
Your Classic pipes look good too....nice clean mod with stock Kawi parts.
Posted by Pork33
- October 01, 2014, 21:33:16 PMI'm in Philadelphia ,I think shipping to Italy would be expensive
Posted by mittico68
- October 01, 2014, 05:02:26 AMHey, Pork33 if you're willing to sell your prevoius pipes, I could be interested on buyin'...
Let know something, please.
Thanx.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 30, 2014, 21:35:36 PMI am not a fan of loud pipes either, I once had Hooker headers on a CB 750 Honda, and my first long trip and a beanie helmet.......yup like Troll said no sleep that night. I find my roadhouse pretty tame compared to a lot of the pipes out there now.....
Posted by greenbarn
- September 30, 2014, 21:29:33 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on September 30, 2014, 17:50:07 PMThey are a little on the long side. They go clear back to the bumperette. They are louder than I would want them for a long trip, but fine on short trips.GB those do look really long for some reason.....
Posted by Bucko
- September 30, 2014, 21:02:00 PMThe pipes look pretty groovy! Thanks for posting the pictures.
Forgive my ignorance regarding 800's but is that a original colour scheme?
Posted by 49Reo
- September 30, 2014, 20:57:39 PMQuote from: Troll on September 30, 2014, 19:58:09 PMLoud pipes on a long ride just make you tired, and the sound, coupled with wind noise will stay with you all night, while you try to sleep. When I say a long ride, you guys know what I mean....
....not a coffee run....
Posted by Troll
- September 30, 2014, 19:58:09 PMLoud pipes on a long ride just make you tired, and the sound, coupled with wind noise will stay with you all night, while you try to sleep. When I say a long ride, you guys know what I mean....
Posted by Pork33
- September 30, 2014, 19:47:31 PMNo not loud at all ,they are the stock vulcan classic 800 pipes ....The problem I had was I wanted a motorcycle for the past 5 yrs or so ,then I saw a drifter and I hadda have 1 .So I find local a 2004 with 7000 miles on it for 3200$ .Only thing was that it had the after market pipes on it that were louder than s--t ,I guess thats cool for some and I did enjoy it when riding under an overpass and gunning it ,but dogs hated it ,people behind me wanted to get by me to get out of the shock wave ,babies cried ,car alarms went off .It was just to loud and trying to get a stock set of drifter pipes isn't an easy task ,I found 1500 pipes ,but not 800's .So I went with the vulcan classic pipes that are fairly easy to find on e-bay .
Guess some like it loud others not so loud .